Description: 76 piece rare petite size service for 12 in the 1940 Holmes & Edwards (International Silver) Youth pattern. Includes: 12 modern hollow knives 8 7/8"12 dinner forks 7 1/8"12 salad forks 6 7/8"12 dessert/oval soup spoons 6 3/4"24 teaspoons 6 1/8"2 place/tablespoons 8 5/8"1 flat handle master butter knife 6 3/4"1 sugar spoon 6" It's story time - I promised you rare sizes, so here goes! Background: This is my grandmother's wedding pattern, and over the course of about 20 years I've spent over $10,000 (and still going up!) buying all different size sets & individual pieces to expand her original service and add grille/luncheon services & hollowware pieces for 9 different family members, and in some cases the services are for 24 place settings. As you can imagine, I received a ton of standard pieces, but also all sorts of odd pieces & sizes considering just how many people I purchased from, both locally and online. I came to realize that there were multiple sizes of supposedly standard knives & forks. I have OCD so when I placed them in cases and some were slightly shorter (or longer!) than the others, I pulled them out & set them aside, searched through my extensive collection of spare pieces, and replaced them with matching lengths. I finally did some extensive online sleuthing and found that there were several production runs by multiple divisions of the parent company, and at some point these petite sizes were produced. I still haven't been able to figure out exactly why or when! All that being said, these are the petite size knives & forks and quite hard to come by, especially in sets of 12. If your OCD is as bad as mine and you're looking to expand an existing set, these will not be an exact match. See the marked-up pictures of the two lengths side by side for comparison. Silver is in overall very good condition. Please ask questions & request more pictures if you are concerned about individual pieces. The case is a Reed & Barton (the only case I had left for this set), and it is in relatively good condition. The engraving plate is blank but scratched. If you don't want or need the case please contact me prior to purchasing and I will adjust the price somewhat. END OF BASIC ITEM DESCRIPTION - PLEASE READ WHAT COMES NEXT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO! All my silver has been previously used and has minor signs of use including but not limited to polishing swirl marks, tarnish (if I have not polished), light surface scratches & scuffmarks, etc. It will not have pitting, plate loss, corrosion of the metal underneath, deep scratches, heel wear, monograms, etc unless otherwise pictured** or stated. **Pictures are ABSOLUTELY part of the description! It is fully YOUR responsibility to look at all pictures provided, zoom in on them, ask questions about what you may see that I may have happened to miss describing (I am only human, after all), and request more if what I have provided isn't sufficient for your needs. If I find something while packaging your item that I have neither pictured or described, I will alert you to it and offer a partial refund or cancel the transaction based on your wishes. Typically any items listed for less than $50 will not have the 'make offer' option, and in NO case do I accept lowball offers - you will be immediately blocked, no questions asked. Domestic shipping is fast & free - larger, heavier, and more expensive items will be via Priority and fully insured, and smaller, lighter, and less expensive will be via 1st Class Package with tracking. I strive for same or next day shipping but occasionally will need 2 days, and of course I cannot control what happens to your package once it leaves my hands. At this time I do not offer international shipping. I take additional pictures of my items before, during, and after packaging, and do not accept returns unless required by eBay policy for 'item not described', so please bid, offer, and purchase carefully!
Price: 225 USD
Location: Wellford, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-10-01T16:53:16.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Holmes & Edwards
Pattern: Youth
Composition: Silverplate
Type: Flatware - Sets
Age: Post-1940
